The tears of his mother brought about the conversion of her husband and Son Augustine, thus she gave to the Church a great man full of wisdom and spirit. His example has influenced and inspired millions of souls to go through the process of conversion. His conversion has confirmed it that the prayers of the others for the sinners are effective and are heard by the Lord. His Mother did that with living faith and heart that was open and transparent to the amazing grace of God. St. Augustine gives us hope that we can walk in the grace and spirit of God if we surrender totally and close ourselves to the past life. His hunger and restlessness made him to open to the Loving and Merciful God. He is inviting us to be searching and hungering for God who is ever ready to fill us with his presence.
Today many of us are in search for God, we are restless to experience, encounter, meet God so that our lives are filled with His Love. Augustine was empty of all these and the God of Love and compassion filled his enormous graces to be shared and preached to the hungry and thirsty faithful. The lack of hunger for God in our heart is the reason why we abandon, neglect and ignore the presence and touch of the Lord. When the desire for God is less we disconnect ourselves from God, others and from ourselves and begin to search false happiness in material world and even immoral world. The end result is that we are without faith and indifference towards God and brothers and sisters.
St. Augustine is inviting us to continue searching and encountering the Lord Jesus. The search should go on till the last breath of our lives. The end result of our search, encounter and restless should be communion and union, facing the divine reality and truth. The search should lead us to love, know, serve and make Him known to the others and sharing the liberating experience of God's love to the others.
Today the Church needs men and women like Monica and Augustine to announce the love and mercy of God, preaching and making known God through their lives, with courage, without fear. They try to imitate Jesus and be like Him in all the situations of Life. To preach all the days of our lives especially today when the world is facing the pandemic and many lives lost and many affected. We ought to share the Love of God with others, encourage and support people in their broken moments.
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